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Sun, 02 Aug 2015 20:28:57 +0000Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Managementen-gbTop U.N. nuclear inspector to brief senators on Iran dealhttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37749-top-un-nuclear-inspector-to-brief-senators-on-iran-deal.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37749-top-un-nuclear-inspector-to-brief-senators-on-iran-deal.htmlThe head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, whose inspectors’ role in implementing the Iran nuclear deal has become a flashpoint on Capitol Hill, will privately brief members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee next week.

Yukiya Amano of the International Atomic Energy Agency agreed to the Aug. 5 session after receiving a letter requesting his presence from all of the lawmakers on the committee, the top two senators on the panel said in a statement Friday.
]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveSat, 01 Aug 2015 21:24:19 +0000Philadelphia Rep. Charged With Corruptionhttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37717-philadelphia-rep-charged-with-corruption.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37717-philadelphia-rep-charged-with-corruption.htmlThe U.S. Department of Justice has indicted a sitting U.S. Congressman on charges of corruption.

Chaka Fattah, a Democratic congressman from Philadelphia, faces charges related to corruption and racketeering – known as a RICO case. Fattah has served in the House for 21 years.

Prosecutors say one of Fattah's schemes involved siphoning federal money to finance his losing bid for Philadelphia mayor in 2007.
]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveWed, 29 Jul 2015 20:46:58 +0000Ex-diplomats urge ratification of Iran dealhttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37694-ex-diplomats-urge-ratification-of-iran-deal.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37694-ex-diplomats-urge-ratification-of-iran-deal.htmlA group of former diplomats sent a letter to Congress on Monday morning, urging members of both chambers not to reject the Obama administration’s controversial Iran deal.

The letter, signed by former undersecretaries of state and former American ambassadors to Israel, states that the group has determined the deal, “will leave Iran no legitimate avenue to produce a nuclear weapon during the next 10 to 15 years.”
]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveMon, 27 Jul 2015 18:51:15 +0000What do highways have to do with Planned Parenthood and Obamacare?http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37632-what-do-highways-have-to-do-with-planned-parenthood-and-obamacare.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37632-what-do-highways-have-to-do-with-planned-parenthood-and-obamacare.htmlMitch McConnell is eyeing a major breakthrough on a multiyear highway bill that many in Congress doubted could be done. But his colleagues vying for the presidency see something else: one last chance to steal the spotlight on the Senate floor before the first GOP debate in August.

Clumped together in the single digits in recent national polls, GOP Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Marco Rubio of Florida, Ted Cruz of Texas and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina sense an opportunity to get some much-needed traction in the must-pass legislation. And they’re seizing it, with plans to tack on controversial proposals — or potentially hold up the entire bill if they don’t get what they want.

]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveWed, 22 Jul 2015 02:17:49 +0000Senate votes to roll back parts of No Child Left Behindhttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37585-senate-votes-to-roll-back-parts-of-no-child-left-behind.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37585-senate-votes-to-roll-back-parts-of-no-child-left-behind.htmlThe U.S. Senate has voted to roll back significant parts of the No Child Left Behind education law.

The overhaul was approved by a 81-17 vote Thursday and sets the stage for what could be contentious negotiations with the House of Representatives over the federal government's influence over education policy.

A week ago, the House passed its own update of the 2002 law. The Senate bill would leave in place the law's annual testing schedule. But senators voted to give states and districts more control over whether and how to use tests to assess the performance of schools, teachers and students.
]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveFri, 17 Jul 2015 00:20:09 +0000 Republicans postpone House vote on breast cancer billhttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37557--republicans-postpone-house-vote-on-breast-cancer-bill.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37557--republicans-postpone-house-vote-on-breast-cancer-bill.htmlRepublican leaders delayed a House vote Tuesday on a bill raising money for breast cancer research over anger that some of the funds would go to a group that has worked with the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, which supports abortion rights.

Under the legislation, the government would raise up to $8 million by minting and selling thousands of pink-tinted gold coins. The government's profits would be divided evenly between the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, a private group that raises research funds.
]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveTue, 14 Jul 2015 23:00:42 +0000Dems fold on trade; back worker's aid billhttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37329-dems-fold-on-trade-back-workers-aid-bill.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37329-dems-fold-on-trade-back-workers-aid-bill.htmlThe trade battle is over.

House Democrats have labored for weeks to stop President Barack Obama’s request for expedited authority to negotiate trade deals. But now that a fast track bill is all-but-ready to pass the Senate and become law, even the most ardent trade critics are reversing course and backing a bill designed to help workers who lose their jobs because of globalization.

After privately hinting for the last few days that she might once again oppose it, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Wednesday that she planned to vote in favor of the worker aid bill, or Trade Adjustment Assistance.
]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveWed, 24 Jun 2015 17:54:56 +0000Senate Gives Obama Huge Win On Tradehttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37312-senate-gives-obama-huge-win-on-trade.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37312-senate-gives-obama-huge-win-on-trade.htmlThe Senate on Tuesday handed President Barack Obama the biggest legislative victory of his second term, with a dramatic vote clearing the way for major trade agreements with Pacific Rim nations and the European Union.

The 60-37 vote all but ensures the passage of legislation that will allow Obama to "fast-track" his negotiated trade pacts through Congress, preventing filibusters or amendments. Liberals have long assailed Obama's trade agenda, but Republicans successfully wooed a bloc of Democrats led by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to secure enough votes to overcome a filibuster.
]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveTue, 23 Jun 2015 17:42:56 +0000Meryl Streep asks Congress to revive ERAhttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37309-meryl-streep-asks-congress-to-revive-era.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37309-meryl-streep-asks-congress-to-revive-era.htmlNo actor or actress can match Meryl Streep's 19 Academy Award nominations, and only Katharine Hepburn has bested her three Oscars for acting. So maybe it's conceivable that Streep's letter Tuesday to each member of Congress can somehow revive the Equal Rights Amendment, politically dormant since its high-water mark four decades ago.

"I am writing to ask you to stand up for equality - for your mother, your daughter, your sister, your wife or yourself - by actively supporting the Equal Rights Amendment," Streep writes. Each packet includes a copy of "Equal Means Equal," a book by Jessica Neuwirth, president of the ERA Coalition.
]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveTue, 23 Jun 2015 16:22:48 +0000Mitch McConnell commits to abortion ban votehttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37269-mitch-mcconnell-commits-to-abortion-ban-vote.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/congress/37269-mitch-mcconnell-commits-to-abortion-ban-vote.htmlSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell guaranteed a vote on a bill imposing a federal ban on abortions after 20 weeks of gestation, telling a conservative crowd in Washington that a vote on the divisive legislation would be “good news for our entire country.”

Though the bill passed the House earlier this year after a row over rape-reporting requirements in the legislation, the Senate’s version from Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is a long-shot to pass the Senate’s 60-vote threshold. Several moderate Republicans like Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois and Susan Collins of Maine are likely to oppose the legislation, and only a handful of centrist Democrats would back McConnell.
]]>reggie501@optonline.net (Reggie)Congressional News ArchiveFri, 19 Jun 2015 19:10:40 +0000